Legation Quarter

Legation Quarter when the old Chinese embassy district. Dong Jiao Min Xiang, Dongcheng District, is an alley, where the old is due to water transport, and thus m Lane, formerly known as the East River. Alley west of Tiananmen Square Road, east to Chongwen street door, a total length of nearly 3 km, the longest an old Beijing hutong.

Yuan, the Legation Quarter and Plaza Lane, west of the West to pay the people are linked to an alley, called "glutinous rice Lane." Because there was this alley control water transport rice to Beijing Yuan Tax and customs, which became the South's throat to transport grain to the north, hence the name glutinous rice Lane. Ming Dynasty, the construction board industry, the original cut glutinous rice became the East River, Lane, Lane and West River meter Lane meters. Beijing Tour package Lane has six meters in the East River in the Temple rites and taken care of and in conjunction with the museum but mainly just received from Kofi Annan, Mongolia, North Korea, Burma, a vassal state of the four envoys, so in conjunction with the museum, also known as "Shii Museum" . To the Qing Dynasty, in conjunction with the museum changed its name four translation Museum, and modify the policy to allow foreign diplomats only lived here for forty days.

Dong Jiao Min Xiang Ming and Qing dynasties was originally "five six House" location. Qianlong, Jiaqing period has been called "guest house" temporary residence for foreign envoys. Opium War (1840) has established in this region after the British, Russian, German and French embassies, embassy Street later changed to 1901, British, American, French and other 11 countries in the lane set up a joint administration, and set up "U.S. Citibank", "French Credit Agricole Bank", "HSBC UK", "Bank of Japan is gold," and churches, hospitals and so many, this history has left many Western architectural styles, but also attracted Many overseas.

After 1928, the embassies have moved to Nanjing, but not waste Legation Quarter site, existing buildings basically stay the same, and more office space for the state authorities, along the street with the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, China Youth Travel Service, Foreign Department of guest houses, Xinqiao Hotel, Red are fashion and so on.

1949 is still here as the embassy district, Republic of China established diplomatic relations with East Germany, Hungary, Burma and other countries where the embassy followed the old building, until 1959, moved to the first embassy, ??Chaoyang District, Sanlitun outside. Beijing Tours During the Cultural Revolution, where the special nature of its history, once again received impact street was changed to "anti-imperialist way," many Western-style building was destroyed, since the 1980s, with the Beijing urban development, the Legation Quarter The building is also under attack, HSBC, Jardine Matheson, the Russian Museum's site for widening the road to be removed; Tak Wah Bank in 1992, was removed; Japanese Embassy site occupied by the Beijing Municipal Government; street has constructed many high-rise buildings and modern architecture, the whole street style been greatly damaged. Current conservation district of Beijing Dong Jiao Min Xiang. Protected by the heritage sector.